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Authors: Joseph Lidster
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‘You want to have nightmares?’
‘You’ve taken my son! My friends! This is already a nightmare! What else have I got live for?’
His hand was so close. He smiled.
‘Come on, do it!’ she screamed.
There was a pause and then he replied, his voice calm and mocking. ‘You think if I send you to sleep, then you’ll be able to join Luke. Oh, and I almost fell for it.’
He smiled at Sarah Jane as tears formed in her eyes.
‘So what do we do?’ asked Rani as Clyde came back from his search for K-9.
Luke shrugged. ‘I don’t know.’ He looked so scared.
‘It’s all right,’ said Rani. ‘We’re here.’ And she took his hand.
The Nightmare Man gasped in pain! He could feel Rani taking Luke’s hand. He could feel the hope it was giving him.
‘Why am I wasting my time on you, old woman?’ he raged. ‘They’re still together! I can feel them!’
And for the first time in hours, Sarah Jane smiled. ‘They’re together, even in their dreams. And that’s what’s hurting you!’
She laughed, full of hope.
‘To be scared, he needs to be alone! He will be alone! Forever!’
The Nightmare Man bared his rotten teeth at her, then vanished. Sarah Jane stopped laughing.
‘No! Come back! Come back!’
But she was alone.
Rani and Clyde were both comforting Luke.
‘It’ll be all right,’ said Rani.
‘It’s us. We can do anything,’ said Clyde.
Suddenly, there was so much noise. It was like an earthquake as the corridor seemed to be shaking itself to pieces. The three friends clutched each other, trying to stay upright. The sound of thunder and mocking laughter and Brahms’ Lullaby rang out down the corridor. And then it stopped, as suddenly as it had started.
‘You two all right?’ whispered Clyde.
They both nodded, but then Rani saw something at the end of the corridor. ‘There’s someone there.’
Luke stepped back. ‘It’s him.’
And suddenly, the dark figure at the end of the corridor raised his head. It was the Nightmare Man. He started laughing as he strode towards them.
‘What the hell are you?’ asked Clyde. He wasn’t sure why the man scared him so much, but he did.
Rani grasped Clyde’s hand.
‘ I’m the Nightmare Man ,’ he replied. ‘ And you two are going to suffer! ’
‘You’re just an alien,’ said Rani, bravely. ‘We can stop you!’
The Nightmare Man laughed. ‘ Remember your nightmares! Remember me! ’ He stared at Clyde.
Clyde was running, running for his life! Behind him, his mum was turning into a monster. Blue veins were spreading across her face. Clyde knew it wasn’t real. This had happened to his dad, this wasn’t real but he kept on running. He turned a corner, finding himself on Bannerman Road and there, with their backs to him, were Sarah Jane, Luke and Rani.
‘Help me!’ he shouted. ‘Please! It’s my mum!’
But he knew there was something wrong. Even before they turned around, he knew that something was wrong. They turned and he saw… blue veins working across their faces. They were turning into Berserkers. He’d seen it happen to his dad and it was his worst fear! And now it was happening to everyone!
Clyde looked up at the Nightmare Man. ‘I know, I remember my nightmares. So what?’
‘ Remember who was behind you… Remember… ’
Clyde turned around, ready to run away from his possessed friends and, just as he did, he caught a glimpse of something…a white hand, a pale mocking face…but it was gone.
‘You! You were there!’ Clyde was really getting scared now. ‘You were in my nightmares.’
‘ All of them! ’ The Nightmare Man hissed. ‘ Hiding behind you, in all your nightmares! ’ He turned to look at Rani.
‘Please, no…’ she began, but he grinned down at her and she remembered.
The clock was ticking. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock. Rani looked down at the exam paper and tried to stay calm. She’d done lots of revision, so she hoped she’d be okay.
‘You’ll be fine,’ her dad said,
‘You’ve taken my son! My friends! This is already a nightmare! What else have I got live for?’
His hand was so close. He smiled.
‘Come on, do it!’ she screamed.
There was a pause and then he replied, his voice calm and mocking. ‘You think if I send you to sleep, then you’ll be able to join Luke. Oh, and I almost fell for it.’
He smiled at Sarah Jane as tears formed in her eyes.
‘So what do we do?’ asked Rani as Clyde came back from his search for K-9.
Luke shrugged. ‘I don’t know.’ He looked so scared.
‘It’s all right,’ said Rani. ‘We’re here.’ And she took his hand.
The Nightmare Man gasped in pain! He could feel Rani taking Luke’s hand. He could feel the hope it was giving him.
‘Why am I wasting my time on you, old woman?’ he raged. ‘They’re still together! I can feel them!’
And for the first time in hours, Sarah Jane smiled. ‘They’re together, even in their dreams. And that’s what’s hurting you!’
She laughed, full of hope.
‘To be scared, he needs to be alone! He will be alone! Forever!’
The Nightmare Man bared his rotten teeth at her, then vanished. Sarah Jane stopped laughing.
‘No! Come back! Come back!’
But she was alone.
Rani and Clyde were both comforting Luke.
‘It’ll be all right,’ said Rani.
‘It’s us. We can do anything,’ said Clyde.
Suddenly, there was so much noise. It was like an earthquake as the corridor seemed to be shaking itself to pieces. The three friends clutched each other, trying to stay upright. The sound of thunder and mocking laughter and Brahms’ Lullaby rang out down the corridor. And then it stopped, as suddenly as it had started.
‘You two all right?’ whispered Clyde.
They both nodded, but then Rani saw something at the end of the corridor. ‘There’s someone there.’
Luke stepped back. ‘It’s him.’
And suddenly, the dark figure at the end of the corridor raised his head. It was the Nightmare Man. He started laughing as he strode towards them.
‘What the hell are you?’ asked Clyde. He wasn’t sure why the man scared him so much, but he did.
Rani grasped Clyde’s hand.
‘ I’m the Nightmare Man ,’ he replied. ‘ And you two are going to suffer! ’
‘You’re just an alien,’ said Rani, bravely. ‘We can stop you!’
The Nightmare Man laughed. ‘ Remember your nightmares! Remember me! ’ He stared at Clyde.
Clyde was running, running for his life! Behind him, his mum was turning into a monster. Blue veins were spreading across her face. Clyde knew it wasn’t real. This had happened to his dad, this wasn’t real but he kept on running. He turned a corner, finding himself on Bannerman Road and there, with their backs to him, were Sarah Jane, Luke and Rani.
‘Help me!’ he shouted. ‘Please! It’s my mum!’
But he knew there was something wrong. Even before they turned around, he knew that something was wrong. They turned and he saw… blue veins working across their faces. They were turning into Berserkers. He’d seen it happen to his dad and it was his worst fear! And now it was happening to everyone!
Clyde looked up at the Nightmare Man. ‘I know, I remember my nightmares. So what?’
‘ Remember who was behind you… Remember… ’
Clyde turned around, ready to run away from his possessed friends and, just as he did, he caught a glimpse of something…a white hand, a pale mocking face…but it was gone.
‘You! You were there!’ Clyde was really getting scared now. ‘You were in my nightmares.’
‘ All of them! ’ The Nightmare Man hissed. ‘ Hiding behind you, in all your nightmares! ’ He turned to look at Rani.
‘Please, no…’ she began, but he grinned down at her and she remembered.
The clock was ticking. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock. Rani looked down at the exam paper and tried to stay calm. She’d done lots of revision, so she hoped she’d be okay.
‘You’ll be fine,’ her dad said,
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